small Bark Beetle? - Rhizophagus sayi

Congratulations, Tom!

Another new beetle family for bugguide! Reorder the families once you've created a page. It goes right before Sylvanidae.

… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2006 - 8:51pm

reordered

but does this family have a "common name"?

… tom murray, 5 February, 2006 - 9:35pm

Had to look it up:

Root-eating Beetles.

… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2006 - 9:58pm

Monotomidae: Rhizophagus sp.

A very nice picture of a Rhizophagus sp. Probably identfiable to species if the collection was at hand.

… Donald S. Chandler, 5 February, 2006 - 8:04pm

specimen

If it matters, I still have the beetle alive in a container. Would that help get the species id?

… tom murray, 5 February, 2006 - 9:01pm

Rhizophagus sayi

Tom:
The color pattern was diagnostic for this species, and it is a pretty uncommon one in NH (at least in our collection). I wouldn't mind having it (preferably dead), but am not in a hurry to get it.

… Donald S. Chandler, 6 February, 2006 - 12:54pm